Le Roi Jones and His Family

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Object Details

Artist

Bob Thompson, American, b. Louisville, Kentucky, 1937–1966

Provenance

Jh Purchased From Thompson, Bob, New York 1964

Exhibition History

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Bob Thompson," 24 October 1999-2 January 2000.

MUSEO DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA DI TRENTO E ROVERETO, Italy. "Il Secolo del Jazz: Arte, Cinema, Musica e Fotografia da Picasso a Basquiat," 15 November 2008-15 February 2009, color ill. p. 356. TOUR: MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY, Paris, 17 March-28 June; CENTRE DE CULTURA CONTEMPORANIA DE BARCELONA, 21 July-18 October.

CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris. "Beat Generation: New York, San Francisco, Paris," 22 June-3 October 2016, ill. p. 162; p. 294.

Published References

AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 198, p. 221.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Date

1964

Accession Number

66.4927

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

36 3/8 x 48 1/2 in. (92.4 x 123.2 cm)

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School

African-American Figuration

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py283534ada-9ddb-4e59-8fe5-cdabf86fb126

Record ID

hmsg_66.4927